Burden of Dreams
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1:03:02
fuel that has to be flown in by lightplane
and ferried up the river in dug-out canoes.

1:03:08
The bulldozer is designed
for tough work...

1:03:10
but Herzog bought it used,
and it breaks down constantly.

1:03:14
Spare parts have to be flown in
all the way from Miami via Iquitos...

1:03:18
and sometimes they're not even
the right parts.

1:03:41
With the topsoil bulldozed away...
1:03:43
heavy rain turns the clay
into deep, slippery muck.

1:03:46
Even when the bulldozer is working, it spends
hours every day sliding helplessly in the mud.

1:03:51
Despite Herzog's high technology,
thejungle is winning.

1:04:06
Most of the Indians
signed on for three months...

1:04:09
but because of shooting delays,
some have stayed six months.

1:04:12
The Indian camp wasn't designed
for such long occupancy.

1:04:15
Sanitation, medical
and food supply systems are breaking down.

1:04:19
Nor are the Indians
used to living in large groups.

1:04:22
Social relations are tense.
1:04:43
That woman there
is single. Those two are sisters.

1:04:47
The wife has reason to be angry because
one of the sisters favors her husband.

1:04:51
You think it's right
that she tell her husband...

1:04:54
"Go with her, then"?
1:04:56
They both want the same man?
1:04:59
No, one of the sisters wants
to fight the wife for her husband.


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